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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, -JJ I1U. IMilAWI iS! I i PHI Ml Tl ft) ,0 Ti aTin 71 i 1 Mil ii.il I fl Is Given II.XIt.MlSS ItOI l)t 1 Americans Test French Tracks 3 -Year Conlmcl 1 i i t- 1 Milwaukee (AP) Mar By WOODFORD LAWLIS The American invasion of J- Jm the first turn measures a drop of 29 feet. This, to put it mildly, is real down hill, and any boy who has unwittingly started to run at breakneck speed down a steep grade and then picked himself up at the bottom knows something of the feeling which comes to an American horse the first trip down this ski slide. WE SAW OLD Egin Hanover try it a few seasons ago, and after getting half way down, probably reflecting all the time on his pedigree, he discovered no crosses to a mountain goat and pulled up. This is not the only hazard.

The horse breaking gait is automatically distanced, this dire happenstance being signalized by a judge whose duties are confined to appraising this particular infraction, and if a foreign entrant so much as wobbles, he is out. Arrangements for the race quette University yesterday selected one of its cx- coaches, Lisle W. Black-bourn, to lead it out of the football doldrums. fllackbourn, former head coac of the Green Bay Pac kers of the National Football League, was signed to a three- year contract at an undisclosed salary, to take up where he eft off in Since- his departure Mar quette has won only seven of 47 games. Blarkbourn coached at Marquette from 1950 to 1953.

The 5fl-ycar old Bluckbourn takes up the reins surrendered last Nov. 26 by Johnny Druze, who quit after three disastrous seasons during which he won only two games and tied one. THE SIGNING eliminated Blackboum as a possible candidate for general manager and coach of the Packers un der the recent reorganization plan announced by directors. The Marquette a'hlelic pic ture, nowever, still remains somewhat unsettled. The uni vcrsity's Club, made up of former varsity athletes, re cently called upon the adminis tration to replace Athletic Di rector Moon Mullins and start over again.

But MU officials quickly rejected the proposal and last week summoned M- Club representatives into closed door conference to patch up differences. Blacknourn a ointment took place in the absence of Mullins, who is in Europe for the ordination of his son to the priesthood and the mar nage of his daughter. Father John G. Hothrook. chairman of the Marquette athletic board, said the univer sity had sought out Black-bourn as Drue's successor and he added that Mullins was con tacted by phone, advised of the proceedings and of the athletic board's unanimous selection of Blackboum for the head coach job.

"We all feel that Coach Blackboum will fit into our situation here at Marqutte admirably." said Father Hol-brook. "He is well acquainted with our athletic program and his record proves his worth as a coach. The unanimous approval of his appointment by the board indicates that all of the university is confident of his ability to again perform capably as a coach and an able representative of Marquette University." BLACKBOLRV has been coach and athletic director at little Carroll College. Waukesha. the last year, achieving a fi-2 football record.

In his first three-year hitch as Marquette coach he compiled an 18-17 4 record. kV.ii.im nil .7 s. 4 I 4 i-f 'C'J 1 i were made oy Aluen uray, Roosevelt's Director of Racing. Gray arranged all the ship, ping certificates, and covered the myriad details which come up in preparing a horse for transcontinental competition. All things considered, Gray, who looks and acts like an extremely healthy bear cub, is the best race secretary in the business.

AMONG THOSE slated to be among the onlookers are Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grant of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs.

Norman Woolworth of New York and Mrs. Mary Lib Miller of Meadowlands. This explorer, duty-tied state side, will receive reports on the race from Orlando, admittedly not a bad place, but comparing to Pans as a corn crib to the Taj Mahal. They'll find hospitality, what with Casoli. Branchini, Ossanl and Mangelli from Italy, From ming and Mills from Germany and Perlbarg, Ceran-Maillard and a host of others from France, all habitual contestants in the Grand Prix.

gmmggBBSflSSJHBPVSS TEMPERATURE IN SAN DIEGO 1 CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY WAS 69" for tramtndoul Atloi ICBM and nw ipace uplorotion prOct, tngintring Interviews will conducted in INDIANAPOLIS January 20 21 CO'IVAIR ASTRONAUTICS SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA the French trotting tracks is now officially under way. Egyptian Princess, Norman Woolworth's world champion, was joined last Tuesday by Great Lullwater aboard a KLM Dutch airliner headed for Paris, and by now they are settled down in the City of Light, awaiting their engage ments in Prix D'Amerique, which is to take place on Sunday, Jan. 23, over the Vin-cqnncs track, located on the Plateau de Gravclle, just outside Paris. The Woolworth mare, a daughter of the Castleton stal lion, Victory Song, will be handled by Earle Avery, while Great Lullwater, now owned in Europe, will be handled by America's master trainer- driver, Delvin Miller.

Both horses have appeared at Indianapolis. Great Lullwater raced here during the past season in the colors of his former owner, Walter T. Candler of Decatur, while the Princess was returned a winner here as a three-year-old, racing in a filly stake. BILLY HAUCHTON, who intended to join the safari with John Froelich's Charming Barbara, was prevented at the last minute by illness in his family, and this unfortunate fact cost us our most formidable entry in the Grand Prix. For at season's end, Barbara was tons the best of all the fast class trotters in action.

Her mark of 1:58.4 taken in California was the best of the year for an aged trotter. Although the Grand Prix has been contested many times by American-bred horses, this is the first time that American owned and driven horses have participated. American bred winners in the past have included Mistero (foaled in Europe), Scotch Fez. Mighty Ned (twice), Muscletone (twicei Hazleton, Walter Dear and a number of others whose names escape, in addition, we recall no other winners which did not contain at least a thread of Yankee blood and many, like Quick Williams, were predominantly American. THIS IS A tough scuffle for the Americ an breds, due chiefly to the fact that racing conditions are entirely different than those encountered here.

There are no post positions, each entrant taking his best hold behind the snap barrier, and they race to carts, rather than the sulkies which we use. In the matter of distance, the Grand Prix is contested over one and five eighths miles, and the Frenchman considers a ten-furlong rare a short distance. The track is of cinder base and the starting line to Af TfTrmf Door, $9.50 TV" "Smokey" Yunick of Daytona Beach. ROOT, AFTER making his second tour of the new high-banked asphalt course with its two 2.700-fooi, 31 -degree banked turns and 18-degree bulge that breaks the front straightaway, is quite enthusiastic about the track. He hopes to better the world speed mark set at Monza, Italy, with his streamline Sumar Special which he expects to enter for the 100-mile L'SAC race here Apr.

4. No specific driver has been named for the test runs. Yunick, who made his initial appearance at Indianapolis last Memorial Day with a car driven by Paul Goldsmith of THIS IS THE WAY IT tOOKS-Top photo i on oeriol view of the new frock lift up the 31 -degree bonked east turn, lower right photo two-and-a-half mile Daytona International Speedway at Daytona thowi Mr. and Mrt. Fritz Duesenberg of Indianapolis looking over Beach, Flo.

it thowt the Daytona dog track at lower left and Munici- the turn prior to paving. Duesenberg it chairman of the United pol Airport at vpptr right, lower left photo ihowi Chopmon Root, Statei Auto Club technical committee. Terre Houte sportsman, giving President Bill France of the Daytona World Marks Likely At New Daytona Track IDEAL FOR at FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON Ilfff! ii MM, Daytona Beach. Fla. (Spl New world speed records for closed courses, both for stock and speedway cars, are expected when the new 2 Vi -mile Daytona International Speedway opens for attempted record runs in February.

Includi-d among those trying for new speedway car marks will be Chapman Root, millionaire sportsman from Terre Haute, and BAIT TACKLE Oilt Rtwrvoif Short Royt Highvty 67 McCordivilU, Than North to GIYEN'S LIVE BAIT i a. ii: i niMi ii nniMtrttw grt -iilii Wi .1 't. iii HOMII 01 Oil C0TTA6II SCHOOLS AND CMUtCMIS rr AIM IUI10IN6S 3 YEARS TO PAY Includes: floor joists, flooring, walls, wall-board, siding, ceiling, roofing, and steel casement windows. Can be moved whole, or in easy-to-assemble sections! mm called a "trioval" unlimited speed course. Four additional grandstands, each named after an outstanding personality of speed, are being erected with two on each side of the Campbell stands.

These have been named after Barney Oldfield, Ralph Dc-Palma, Sir Henry Segrave and Ray Keech, who participated in speed events at Daytona Beach years ago. THE MOST remarkable feature of the grandstand area is that the complete track is visible from any seat in any of the five grandstands. Another feature is a vast parking area for 35.000 cars with space reserved directly back of each stand for ticket buyers in respective stands. Another feature of the infield is the ability to see the elevated track from almost any area since the east and west turns are banked 24 feet in height. Every safety feature possible has been incorporated into the building of the track under the supervision of C.

H. Money-penny, local engineer, who was praised by Clarence Cagle, supervisor of Indianapolis Speedway, and many others for the excellent design. THE BANKED track with a minimum width of SO feet at Howie Map Plain For I l-I)av Mrrling Bowie. Md. (AP) Bowie posted $262,500 yesterday for 10 major races scheduled during its 44-day meeting opening Feb.

7. The starting date is the earliest in Maryland horse racing history. Bowie opened Feb. 8 last year and had to close up three times for a total loss of nine days because of bad weather. St.

Clair Shores. expects to have speedway car ready for a test run just as soon as the track is ready for use. possibly about Feb. 1. Another enthusiastic visitor predicting record speeds for the track was Andy Dunlop of Cleveland, chief mechanic of the Central Excavating Company Special owned by Pete Saleni.

Dunlop, after a tour of the course, predicted that speedway cars would circle the course at speeds in excess of 190 miles per hour, which would easily establish new world records. THIS IS the most amazing layout I have ever seen," Dunlop remarked. "It actually scares one to Just look at the turns and imagine the speed these cars will attain. One of the best features, I believe, is that one can see the entire track from the stands and can watch competition the entire way around. I'd like to say congratulations on a beautiful new track." With the asphalting of the new track well under way, this phase of work with all the intricate maneuvers necessary for the high banked turns should be completed within another week.

Steel heavy gauge guard rails will then be erected at the top of the banked turns and down the backstretch with a long 4000-foot straightaway. After that the course will be be ready for test runs. IS THE meantime, work Is progressing on the construction of five grandstands which will be ready for the Feb. 20-23 races, these being climaxed with the first annual NASCAR 500-mile International Sweepstakes. Work is well under way on the Sir Malcolm Campbell grandstand, which will be located on the north side of the track just back of the 18-degree banked bulge that accounts for the track balng any point expands in the turns and is joined by a safety apron at the inside plus an emergency and maintenance road that circles the top of the track.

As the result of moving some million square yards of dirt for construction of the banked turns, a 43-acrc lake was created in the infield and this has already been stocked with fish and will be used for1 boating activities. Since the annual NASCAR Speed Week activities are being transferred from the beach-road course to the new track, the February schedule calls for two 100-mile late model stock car races Friday, Feb. 20, with the first for hard tops and the second for convertibles. A 200-MILE modified-sports-man type race is slated for Saturday. Feb.

21. followed by a 25-mile consolation race for the late models. The climax will be the 500-mile International Sweep-stakes, which will be open to the first 20 finishers in each of the Friday races, plus the first 20 in Saturday's consolation and four additional foreign sedans. Following the February activities, a 100. mile USAC speedway car race will be pre-1 sented Saturday, April 4, along with two heat events.

These i will be open to Formula 1 sports cars in addition to the Indianapolis type cars with a large number of the Indianapolis Memorial Day cars getting their first acid test over the new course. A 1,000 kilometer International USAC ITA sports car race has also been scheduled for Sunday, April 5. for which the two-mile infield road course will be linked with the banked speedway to complete a 4.5 mile course. Tentative plans also call for another speedway type car race July 4. Mppiisiif ri ALSO FOR SALE Also tor Sale: Lumber, likt new, bfighf, beautiful, fiee Of noils.

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